MURRIETA – Congregation B’nai Chaim’s menorah lighting, an annual celebration of the Festival of Lights, will be held Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. at Murrieta Town Square Park. Ceremony will also honor the victims of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Massacre. The event is open to the community and is free to attend.

The candle lighting will be led by Rabbi Steve Epstein. Murrieta Mayor Jonathan Ingram is invited to speak. After the ceremony, synagogue members will serve latkes, which are potato pancakes, and jelly doughnuts.

Congregation B’nai Chaim is a full-service independent Conservative Jewish synagogue serving the Temecula Valley drawing people of all ages and backgrounds including interfaith families. Epstein leads the congregation for services, holiday celebrations, Bar and Bat Mitzvah training and much more.